US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on April 8 for "Tunable integrated millimeter wave antenna using laser ablation and/or fuses" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,870, issued on April 8, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Tunable integrated millimeter wave antenna using laser ablation and/or fuses" was invented by John F. Kaeding (Boise, Idaho) and Owen R. Fay (Meridian, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for tuning an antenna may include depositing multiple portions of an antenna structure onto a substrate. The method may further include electrically coupling each of the portions of the antenna structure. The method may also include severing an electrical connection between two of the portions of the antenna structure to tune the antenna structure for use with ...